Michael Ellis has this Perspective on a Bay Area tree with an ancient history. Millions of years ago a tropical forest flourished throughout California. Rainfall exceeded 80 inches per year and both ...

Tracing the Mutation’s Origins Scientists analyzed over 3,000 genomes, including ancient DNA from 934 individuals spanning the Mesolithic period to the Viking Age. Their findings pinpoint the ...

An encyclopedia of ancient populations and samples is included for reference. Ancient Origins is available to anyone with DNA results on MyHeritage, subject to explicit consent.

According to a new study—in which scientists used AI modeling to study handwriting styles across ancient manuscripts with known dates—some of the undated Dead Sea Scrolls may be older than ...

Attempting to uncover the ancient origins of English place names has long kept academics and hobbyists busy, with each name often attracting multiple conflicting ideas.

The origins of Halloween traditions go back to an ancient Celtic festival involving animal sacrifice and a cave of demons in Rathcroghan, Ireland. Mike McCarthy, a tour guide at Rathcroghan, joins ...